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Fallen off the face of the planet?

I tried the command prompt and got the message "Successfully flushed DNS Resolver Cache." This still didn't get me onto the site. It has definitely been over 72 hours already since I first tried to get onto the site with no success. Unless someone knows anything else that I can try, I think that it might be time to call my ISP. Thanks to everyone for their help.
 
zooguy said:
I tried the command prompt and got the message "Successfully flushed DNS Resolver Cache." This still didn't get me onto the site. It has definitely been over 72 hours already since I first tried to get onto the site with no success. Unless someone knows anything else that I can try, I think that it might be time to call my ISP. Thanks to everyone for their help.
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Are you having problems with any other site? Typically if it just one site than we could reasonably assume that it was a problem with that site. But everyone else can access it so we know that this isn't the case.

If you're not already doing it every now and again I would recommend scanning your PC for adware/spyware and running a good antivirus program. One of the best free spyware programs in my opinion(others may disagree) is Lavasoft's Ad-Aware which can be downloaded from http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=lst-0-2

A great free Anti-Virus(again in my opinion) is Grisoft's AVG Anti-Virus, which can be downloaded from http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

I've seen machines infected with spyware that can wreak havoc on your internet browsing, alot of times allowing you not to display certain sites or even re-directing you when you attempt to access them.

Speaking of dns directories... Purging your DNS cache won't do anything if your local "hosts" file is filled with erroneous entries often caused by spyware infection. This is the first place your pc will look when attempting to resolve a name like bigcheeserodents.com to its corresponding IP address. Any good anti-spyware program will check this for you, but you can look at it yourself at c:windowsdriversetcand find the file labeled hosts. It should look like this:

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

There should be nothing else after this line. Good luck.
 
Wjohnson-
I can't seem to find that. I checked "my computer" and used the search function to search my c: drive. More detailed instructions to help me along would be great! Thanks for your help.
 
zooguy said:
Wjohnson-
I can't seem to find that. I checked "my computer" and used the search function to search my c: drive. More detailed instructions to help me along would be great! Thanks for your help.
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The instructions looked funny after I posted it... You should find the hosts file if you goto my computer select the c drive and then open up the windows folder.. system32 folder...drivers folder, and then the etc folder... You're hosts file is in there. Double click it and select wordpad to open it. You may get messages warning you not to play with these files, just select the link down the bottom of the blue screen to display the files.
 
I opened it up and it looks just like your example. This is so annoying! I just want to be able to get to the stupid site! :awcrap:
 
It's strange that it wold be happening with just that one website. But I guess you could always just give them a phone call or email if you can't reach the site.
 
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